The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-04

Who is Progressive.

| Since the Liberals nave Deen thinking
seriously about making an effort to OBJ
tain control of the city offices at the
coming election, they have been cajol-
ing themselves with the idea that they
were going to make the business of the
city boom. They have also been trying
to mulct sonic of the business meu on
the same racket and have all 'the time
tried to induce laborers that they
should cast their votes for the Liberal
party, because by doing so they would
create work and help to feed their wives
and children.
Let US see how the party leaders and
active workers stand on the question.
A firm composed of members of the
Peoples party made an effort to start up
planning mill and wood working man
ufactory that would furnish employ
ment to some twenty or thirty men and
distribute about $4,000 to $4,000
among the working classes every year.
The gentlemen got their building al
most completed and brought their ma
chinery and were about 10 commence
operations, when one of the most
staunch members of the Liberal party
stepped up and Knocked the strong arm
of the law and stopped the enterprise
bv getting prohibition placed upon it,.
This because the;noise of the mill would
disturb the gentleman's quiet. The
enterprise was temporarily killed and
it's projectors financially crippled; but
their enterprise was not to be stifled
aud they set to workin another local
ity. They secured the necessary ground
erected their building and placed a por-
ton of their machinery in position be-
fore the public knew what they were
doing. The fact that the enter
prise was on foot, however, was
made known at last and the anxious
Liberals again attempted to set their
face of an attorney who holds a re-
sponsible clerical position in the Liberal
Club, appeared in the door and his
the engine room inquiring what they
were doing. He was courteouSly in
formed that they had already done it,
and in reply to his query as to when
they would commence running, was
told that they had been running a
week. The scheme in the latter in
stance was similar to the one employed
in the first case, and only failed by
reason of the enterprise having the
start. That members of the Liberal
party were the movers in these matters
is a significant fact Just now and goes
to show just what party is the friend
of the Iaboring classes. 1t proves
that the only benefit they will give
the workingman will be at the
public expense. 1t shows that the in
dividuals who are held up as leaders of
the Liberal Party, and who are the only
solid men that the party can boast of,
are unwilling to sacrifice their personal
comfort and convenience in even a
slight degree that the laboring man may
have an opportunity to earn an honest
dollar to support his wife and babies.
1t says that the honest worker must. if
he wants to work that he may earn
bread, keep entirely out of sight and
hearing of the residences of these great
reformers, so that the noise of his ham
mer and saw and plane; so that the
smoke from his engine and forge; SO
that the rumble of his wheels and the
hum of his industry may not be heard,
and may not offend the sight or smell,
or disturb the repose of them and their
families. 1t says more than this. 1t
says very plainly to the working man
that he may shift for himself, may
earn the dollars with which to
pay the taxes and support them
in their places; but when 1t comes to
holding out the hand of assistance he
may not go to them. 1t says that the
worker may give his vote to place such
men in Office but must expect nothing
in return.
1t does notrequire much gall to stand
in the position that these reformers of
the Liberal party stand in. and after
shutting up the shops of industry and
the laborer from earning his
daily bread, to ask him to place them
in a position to further harrass and
Cypress him; butthey are known to be
very modest IN their requests and
hence can consistently ask for this very
thing.
The working men should carefully
consider the step before THEY take it;
they should learn who are their friends
before they pledge themselves to the
support of any one, and we trust that
before casting his vote at the coming
city election every working man in Og-
den will look the matter squarely in
the face and decide intelligently upon
the suggestion.